Skirt-hanger.



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SKIRT'. HANGER. A APYLIOLTIOH H LED JULY 124906.

INVENTQR:` By his .fitorneJLLl/s Y l wim UNITED STATESI PATENT OFFICE. PETER-r. rB'. NnvlusorrLnMlNe'roN, NEW JERSEY, AssiGNoE oEoNEv HALF rro ANDREW T. coNNEr, oF FLEMINGToN, NEW JERSEY.

l SKIRT-HANGER. 'l l To all wiz/ont it may concern:

, Be it known that I, *PETERv T. B. NEviUs,

a citizen' of the United States, residing at Flemin ton, in the county of Hunterdon and State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Im rovements in Skirt-Hangers, of which the ollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to skirt-hangers.

The principal objects of the inventionv are to im rove and simplify the 'construction of such evices; furthermore, to increase their efficiency in use and to decrease the expense attending their manufacture.

A further obj ect of the invention is to combine the improved skirt-hangerl of this invention with an ordinaryform of coat-hanger.

With the foregoing and other objectsin view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the comination and arrangements of parts'and in the\details of construction hereinafter described and claimed as a practical embodi- 4ment thereof.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a view 1n elevation of a skirt-hanger constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail view of one of the skirt-engaging members. Fig. 3 is a view, similar to Fig. 1, of a modified construction;

Like reference characters indicate corres )onding parts in the different iigures of the rawmgs.

The reference-numeral 1 indicates an ordinary curved coat-hanger having the usual hook 2. The coat-hanger 1 preferably is formed adjacent to the opposite ends thereof with notches, such as 3, although these notches are not absolutely essential and may bc dispensed with, if desired.

The reference-numeral 4 indicates a skirt having an ordinary skirt-band 5, which is adapted to be supported by a pair of skirtengaging members A and B. The skirt-engaging members A and B preferably are of such construction as to be automatically locked in adjusted position upon the coathanger 1 when a skirt is engaged therewith, as shown in the drawings. Each of the skirt-engaging members A and B preferably is formed of wire, and comprises adepending arm 6, having a bent portlon 7 at the lower` end thereof. This portion 7 may be bent in Specicati-on of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 12,1905. Serial No. 269,399.

ratenteaoct. 1 6, 1906.

i different ways, -if desired, asA indicated in Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings. Thestraight portion ofthe depending arm 6 is adapted to engage the skirt-band 5, as shown in the drawings, and the bent portion 7 is adapted to prevent the skirt-band from sli ping downward upon the depending arm. n addition to thev depending arm'6 each of the skirt-engaging members is formed with a pair of loops 8 and 9, the lo'op 8 completely surrounding the coat-hanger 1 and the loo 9 being open at .its lower end, as shown, an havin the terminal end thereof bent to form ahan le ortion 10.

- It will Ibe a parent from Fig. 1 that when the skirt-ban 5 is engaged with the depending arms 6 of the two skirt-engaging members A and B and said skirt-engaging members are moved away from each other upon the coat-hanger 1 the tendency of the skirtband 5 to draw the two depending arms 6 toward each other causes the upper portion of the loop 9 on each skirt-engaging member to bite or it into one ofthe notches in the u two skirt-engagin members are automatically locked in adjusted position by the action of the skirt-band.

When, it is desired to release the skirt, the handle portion 10 of one or the other of the skirt-engaging members is pushed u )ward by the thumb or hand, so as to cause t 1e upper portion of the loop 9'to become disengaged from the notch in which it is seated. it will be observed from Fig. 1 that the handle portion .l0 of the skirt-engaging member A is disposed on the side of the coat-hanger 1 opposite to the handle portion 10 of t ieskirtengaging member B. For this reason the skirt can be disengaged from the hanger by a personstanding on either the front or rear side thereof.

The construction illustrated in Fig. 3 is the same as that shown in Figs. ,1 and 2, except that the coat-hanger or supporting member 1, as the saine will be termed in the following claims, is straight instead ofcurved..

IThis construction is more inexpensive than that illustrated in Fig. 1.

The improved device of this invention is strong, simple, durable, and inexpensive in construction, as well as thorough y eflicent in operation. A

vper edge of the coat-hanger 1, whereby t 1e the l 1. A skirt-'hanger comprising a s'pport;V 'members ortlon at the lower en thereof, and a pairof.

oops.-enga gng. the supportin member-one ofsaid loops being o en at its ower end,V and having the termina form a handle,

2. A* skrthanger comprising a snp Slidably'moumdthem gedekt-engag Havnfthussdesenibedthe:invention; what: A Y

arm having-affluent,

ing members boing adapted to -beautomatically 1oeked-- ini-adjusted. positionV when a skirt -is engaged therewith, each of said skirtengeing members being" provided.' with. a han efportlon;

andi'thhandleortionzof one of said skirt-engaging members eing located on-the-sie of t e support opposite the handle portion'of the other skirt-engaging member.

4.In testimony whereof' I have aflxedmy portion -tliereo'bent to sign'at'nrre iii-presence of two Witnesses.

PETER T. B. NEVIUS. Witnesses:

Junren HfIGmNs- Hi; H. Rrmmoosn. 

